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<A NAME="BABCBHIJ"></A><h1>About XML and PowerBuilder</h1>
<A NAME="TI2133"></A><p>PowerBuilder provides several features that enable you to
work with the Extensible Markup Language (XML). You can:<A NAME="TI2134"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Export the data in a DataWindow object to XML, and
import data in an XML document or string into a DataWindow object</li>
<li class=ds>Determine whether an XML document or string is well-formed
or conforms to a schema or DTD using the <b>XMLParseFile</b> and <b>XMLParseString</b> PowerScript
functions</li>
<li class=ds>Build applications and components that can produce
and process XML documents
</li>
</ul>
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<A NAME="TI2135"></A><p>For an overview of XML and information about the export and
import capabilities in the DataWindow, see the chapter on exporting
and importing XML in the PowerBuilder <i>Users Guide</i>
.</p>
<A NAME="TI2136"></A><p>For information about the XML parsing functions, see their
descriptions in the online Help.</p>
<A NAME="TI2137"></A><p>This chapter describes how you can produce and process XML
documents using the PowerBuilder Document Object Model.</p>

